以血洗血

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	blood	to wash; to bathe	blood
simp. and trad. (以血洗血)		以	血	洗	血
Literally: “use blood to wash away blood”.

以血洗血

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐxuèxǐxuè, yǐxuěxǐxuě, yǐxiěxǐxiě

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ, ㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ, ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐxuèxǐxuè
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyishiuehshiishiueh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐsyuèsǐsyuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕɥɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐxuěxǐxuě [Phonetic: yíxuéxíxuě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyisheueshiisheue
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐsyuěsǐsyuě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕɥɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕɥɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǐxiěxǐxiě [Phonetic: yíxiéxíxiě]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄝˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yyishiieshiishiie
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐsiěsǐsiě
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕjɛ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕjɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

以血洗血

eye for an eye; return violence for violence

Descendants

→ Japanese: 血で血を洗う (calque)

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